(Open Art Space](/calendar/programs/199) is a relaxed, weekly drop-in program for LGBTQ+ high school students and their allies who are interested in thinking about, and making, art in a creative and welcoming environment.
Join us for a tattoo and storytelling workshop with tattoo artist Galle. In this session, drawing on Indigenous oral tradition, Galle will share the healing experience that led them to reconnect with their inner child, love their body, and reclaim themself as a symbol of queer and Indigenous resistance. The session will end with a guided counter-intuitive drawing session in the dark, during which you can create your own tattoo stencil and transfer it to your body.
Galle (she/they) is a queer refugee immigrant, artist, and tattooer based in Brooklyn. “As a queer trans Indigenous person, through tattooing on my body, I’m reclaiming my body as the sovereign land of my dreams. My body is my paraísa.”
This program is free and open to all high school–age participants. No previous art-making experience or registration is necessary.
Open Art Space meets every Thursday, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building, located at 4 West 54 Street, near Fifth Avenue.
Metrocards, snacks, and supplies will be provided.
Email questions to [email protected].
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Teen Programs are made possible by the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Endowment and by the Carroll and Milton Petrie Education Program Endowment. Additional support is provided by the Annual Education Fund.